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It’s easy to grow attached to business premises, particularly if it’s a place you’ve occupied since starting the company, and so it has a lot of good memories attached to it.
Of course, you shouldn’t let your emotions get the better of the practical realities of running a growing organization. When the time is right, relocating to a location that’s better suited to the needs of your business is vital.
The question is, how do you know when the time is right to make a move? Well, look out for the following indicators and you’ll understand this clearly.
More meetings are arranged off-site
If you’re having to get together with clients and partners at different locations, rather than inviting them to meetings you host in-house, then this suggests you don’t have the right space available for this purpose.
Employees are sticking with remote working
There are advantages and challenges of working from home, and more people are doing it than ever before, but their motivation for doing so might not be obvious.
In some cases, the choice to stay away from the office is more to do with the space being unfit for purpose. Perhaps too many people are crammed into too small of an area. Perhaps there aren’t enough desks or enough privacy. Whatever the case, a move is on the cards.
Bottlenecks are emerging
Another sign that it’s time to contact commercial property movers and relocate to greener pastures is if there are clear bottlenecks in your current premises, usually indicated by queuing.
This might be a line to use the bathroom, a snarl-up to access the parking lot or a lack of seating in meeting rooms where weekly catch-ups take place.
While you could try to expand your existing premises to accommodate the increased burden being placed upon it, relocating is usually more affordable and flexible as an option.
Storage is insufficient
Most businesses need a degree of on-site storage, and yet it’s not unusual to see areas not originally intended for this purpose requisitioned as an overflow option for equipment, products, furniture, or anything else.
This is both unattractive and potentially dangerous for employees and customers alike, and shows that moving makes more sense than staying put.
There’s a disconnect between your brand identity and your commercial premises
Branding builds expectations in the minds of customers and of course, this can go both ways, either boosting the allure of your business or creating a jarring juxtaposition.
Your base of operations is a good example of the latter. If it doesn’t reflect the way you portray your brand to the wide world, then visitors will be disappointed and disillusioned.
It’s the main reason that many tech startups spend so much time choosing offices that are large, spacious, well-appointed, impressively equipped, and filled with unique design choices. The right space says a lot about who you are as a business, so eventually, you’ll have to relocate to achieve this.
Disruption is unavoidable
This feeds back into the idea of employees choosing to work remotely, but goes deeper still into the productivity and culture of your company as a whole.
Spaces that are overcrowded, whether that means team members working jammed up against one another so that the air is filled with a cacophony of conversations throughout the day, or positioned next to noisy machinery, kill progress dead.
The bottom line
Even if your next move is still a little way down the line, it pays to be prepared for relocating your business, as this will make it easier to take the leap when the time comes.
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